2017 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Laura Anuakpado
- Position:
- Sprints
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- South Pasadena, Calif.
- Prev School:
- UNLV
2017 All-America Honorable Mention (400m and 4x400m Relay)
2017: Broke multiple school records indoors and out in her one season as a Husky, going down as the fastest 400-meter runner in school history … earned two All-America honorable mention honors by placing 24th in the NCAA semis in Eugene in 54.81 seconds, and anchoring the 4x400m relay that finished 22nd overall ... advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in both the 400-meters and on the 4x400m relay, earning the 12th and final spot out of West Prelims in both events … broke the outdoor 400-meter record in what could have been her final run, as she ran 53.00 in the West Prelims quarterfinals in Austin, finishing 12th … one day later, anchored the 4x400m relay with a 51.5 split to help the quartet break its own school record in a time of 3:35.65 to become the first Husky women’s 4x4 to advance to NCAA Outdoors … helped the 4x4 take fourth at Pac-12s in 3:40.94 but missed the 400m final by one spot, taking ninth in the prelims in 54.69 … was a three event winner in the UW-WSU Dual, winning the 200m in 25.04, the 400m in 53.72, and the 4x400m in 3:47.68 … anchored the 4x400m relay when it first broke the school record that had stood since 1998 with a run of 3:36.50 at the Mt. SAC Relays … ran a 200m season-best of 24.02 in the Trojan Invite that put her No. 6 on the school top-10 list … indoors, crushed the 400m school record by four tenths of a second as she placed fourth at the MPSF Championships in 53.34 seconds … also ran on the school record-setting 4x400m relay that ran 3:42.58 at the UW Invitational … went to No. 3 in the 200m in her first race as a Husky indoors, running 24.41 at the UW Invitational … first 400-meters was 54.21 seconds to win the Husky Classic, at the time the No. 2 mark in school history.
2016 (At UNLV): Participated in five meets … ran a season-best time of 24.71 in the 200m at the UC Riverside Invitational … ran a season and personal-best time of 54.41 in the 400m at the UNLV Invitational … also clocked a 54.86 time in the quarter mile at the Mondo Team Challenge … helped the 4x100m relay team to a first-place finish (45.08) in the UC Riverside Invitational … helped the 4x400m relay team to a third-place finish (3:41.91) at the UC Riverside Invitational … indoors, participated in four meets … part of the 4x400m relay team that ran 3:41.79 at the MW Indoors ... a season-best time of 24.50 in the 200m at the MW Indoors and took seventh in the finals ... a 400m season-best time of 55.19 at the New Mexico Classic.
2015 (At UNLV): Participated in seven meets outdoors ... a season-best time of 24.85 in the 200m at the Beach Invitational ... clocked a season-best time of 55.25 in the 400m at the UCLA Legends Invitational ... ran at the Mountain West Championships, taking 11th in the 400m in 56.45 … indoors, participated in four meets, including the Mountain West Indoor Championships, where she was 400m runner-up with a time of 54.78 ... a season-best time of 24.48 in the 200m at the MW Indoors taking 10th ... led the 4x400m relay team to a first-place finish at the MW Indoors.
2014 (At UNLV): Participated in six meets outdoors … a season-best time of 24.94 in the 200m at the Randall Cunningham Invitational ... posted a season-best 400m time of 55.99 at the Bulldog Invitational ... part of strong 4x4 relay that went 3:39.43 at the Mondo Mid-Major Challenge … indoors, ran in five meets, including the Mountain West Indoor Championships, where she was 23rd in the 400m and 13th in the 200m ... a season-best time of 25.16 in the 200m at the MW Indoors ... a season-best time of 57.59 in the 400m at the Mountain T's Invitational.
High School and Personal: Born in Los Angeles … parents are Sam and Love Anuakpado … has one younger brother, Sam Jr., and two younger sisters, Julie and Erin … was seventh in the California State Championships 400-meter finals in 2013 … won the CIF Division 3 400m title in 2013 and was third-place in the 200-meters … was third at the 2013 Arcadia Invite 400-meters invite in 55.82 seconds … South Pasadena High school record-holder in 200m and 400m … Rio Honda League Champion at 200m and 400m as a senior.
Major Meets
2014 Mountain West Indoors – 13th, 200m | 23rd, 400m
2015 Mountain West Indoors – 10th, 200m | 2nd, 400m | 1st, 4x400m
2015 Mountain West Outdoors – 23rd, 200m | 11th, 400m | 4th, 4x400m
2016 Mountain West Indoors – 200m, 7th | 2nd, 4x400m
2017 MPSF - 4th, 400m | 4th, 4x400m
2017 Pac-12 - 9th, 400m | 4th, 4x400m
2017 NCAA Prelims - 12th, 400m | 12th, 4x400m
2017 NCAA Outdoors - 24th, 400m (All-America HM) | 22nd, 4x400m (All-America HM)
Outdoor Bests
200m…….24.02
400m…….53.00 $
Indoor Bests
200m…….24.41
400m…….53.34 $
$ - School Record
2017: Broke multiple school records indoors and out in her one season as a Husky, going down as the fastest 400-meter runner in school history … earned two All-America honorable mention honors by placing 24th in the NCAA semis in Eugene in 54.81 seconds, and anchoring the 4x400m relay that finished 22nd overall ... advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in both the 400-meters and on the 4x400m relay, earning the 12th and final spot out of West Prelims in both events … broke the outdoor 400-meter record in what could have been her final run, as she ran 53.00 in the West Prelims quarterfinals in Austin, finishing 12th … one day later, anchored the 4x400m relay with a 51.5 split to help the quartet break its own school record in a time of 3:35.65 to become the first Husky women’s 4x4 to advance to NCAA Outdoors … helped the 4x4 take fourth at Pac-12s in 3:40.94 but missed the 400m final by one spot, taking ninth in the prelims in 54.69 … was a three event winner in the UW-WSU Dual, winning the 200m in 25.04, the 400m in 53.72, and the 4x400m in 3:47.68 … anchored the 4x400m relay when it first broke the school record that had stood since 1998 with a run of 3:36.50 at the Mt. SAC Relays … ran a 200m season-best of 24.02 in the Trojan Invite that put her No. 6 on the school top-10 list … indoors, crushed the 400m school record by four tenths of a second as she placed fourth at the MPSF Championships in 53.34 seconds … also ran on the school record-setting 4x400m relay that ran 3:42.58 at the UW Invitational … went to No. 3 in the 200m in her first race as a Husky indoors, running 24.41 at the UW Invitational … first 400-meters was 54.21 seconds to win the Husky Classic, at the time the No. 2 mark in school history.
2016 (At UNLV): Participated in five meets … ran a season-best time of 24.71 in the 200m at the UC Riverside Invitational … ran a season and personal-best time of 54.41 in the 400m at the UNLV Invitational … also clocked a 54.86 time in the quarter mile at the Mondo Team Challenge … helped the 4x100m relay team to a first-place finish (45.08) in the UC Riverside Invitational … helped the 4x400m relay team to a third-place finish (3:41.91) at the UC Riverside Invitational … indoors, participated in four meets … part of the 4x400m relay team that ran 3:41.79 at the MW Indoors ... a season-best time of 24.50 in the 200m at the MW Indoors and took seventh in the finals ... a 400m season-best time of 55.19 at the New Mexico Classic.
2015 (At UNLV): Participated in seven meets outdoors ... a season-best time of 24.85 in the 200m at the Beach Invitational ... clocked a season-best time of 55.25 in the 400m at the UCLA Legends Invitational ... ran at the Mountain West Championships, taking 11th in the 400m in 56.45 … indoors, participated in four meets, including the Mountain West Indoor Championships, where she was 400m runner-up with a time of 54.78 ... a season-best time of 24.48 in the 200m at the MW Indoors taking 10th ... led the 4x400m relay team to a first-place finish at the MW Indoors.
2014 (At UNLV): Participated in six meets outdoors … a season-best time of 24.94 in the 200m at the Randall Cunningham Invitational ... posted a season-best 400m time of 55.99 at the Bulldog Invitational ... part of strong 4x4 relay that went 3:39.43 at the Mondo Mid-Major Challenge … indoors, ran in five meets, including the Mountain West Indoor Championships, where she was 23rd in the 400m and 13th in the 200m ... a season-best time of 25.16 in the 200m at the MW Indoors ... a season-best time of 57.59 in the 400m at the Mountain T's Invitational.
High School and Personal: Born in Los Angeles … parents are Sam and Love Anuakpado … has one younger brother, Sam Jr., and two younger sisters, Julie and Erin … was seventh in the California State Championships 400-meter finals in 2013 … won the CIF Division 3 400m title in 2013 and was third-place in the 200-meters … was third at the 2013 Arcadia Invite 400-meters invite in 55.82 seconds … South Pasadena High school record-holder in 200m and 400m … Rio Honda League Champion at 200m and 400m as a senior.
Major Meets
2014 Mountain West Indoors – 13th, 200m | 23rd, 400m
2015 Mountain West Indoors – 10th, 200m | 2nd, 400m | 1st, 4x400m
2015 Mountain West Outdoors – 23rd, 200m | 11th, 400m | 4th, 4x400m
2016 Mountain West Indoors – 200m, 7th | 2nd, 4x400m
2017 MPSF - 4th, 400m | 4th, 4x400m
2017 Pac-12 - 9th, 400m | 4th, 4x400m
2017 NCAA Prelims - 12th, 400m | 12th, 4x400m
2017 NCAA Outdoors - 24th, 400m (All-America HM) | 22nd, 4x400m (All-America HM)
Outdoor Bests
200m…….24.02
400m…….53.00 $
Indoor Bests
200m…….24.41
400m…….53.34 $
$ - School Record
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Women's 1500m final - 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field championship
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Nathan Green | 2025 NCAA 1500m Champion
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Track & Field NCAA Championships | Huskies Highlights
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